The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-10
Local and state Notes.

The Lake Erie & Western road earned. in
October 1908 051 Increase this year. $39. 1873
ern points via all American ports, takes effect on
Monday next, the 14th.
The Lake Erie g Western is daily bringing
West five to ten carloads of gas-pipe, most OF it
dropped at Noblesville, Ind.
The Indianapolis Steel-rail Rolling mill Com
many have some 3, 600 tons OF steel lngots ahead
This portion of the mill is kept running.
The Nickie-plate gives notice to shippers that
it will not. until further notice, receive track
freight at Buffalo, owing TO the blockade at that
point.
The platform men at the Decline freight de-
pots Monday loaded and unloaded 1873 car
loads of freight it being the banner day in local
business
Charles Bush recently dismissed from the serv-
ice of the j., NJ & I. as passenger conductor
has taken similar position on the L., E. & st.
l.. tAir line.
The G., B. & @. people are complaing that the
l., 3. & w. has given them the cold shoulder in
business way. Formerly their traffic relations
were very close.
Austin Corbin, president SAYS that the l., B.
& W. and the Philadelphia & Reading roads
will both be taken out of the hands of q receiver
between this and Jan. l. 1883.
&. C. Pierce, chief clerk of Albert s. White
as ,istant general freight agent of the Bee-line,
headquarters ST. Louis, married last even
ire in this city to Miss Lizzie White.
Roadmasters anxious to have a good rain
Owing to the lonG-continued drought, road beds
ere cracking with the constant jarriEg of trains
passing over them land the track is becoming I'M
even.
The passenger department of the Central
Traffic Association conyenes in Chicago to-day
n. r. Dering, OF the Pennsylvania lines, and
II. d. Bronson, Of the L. B. q W., will be in at
tendance
Harry Hines, formerly conductor on the c.,
l.. ST. L. & c.. has been appointed trainmaster
of the Arkansas division of the Kansas City,
Springfield d Memphis railway. Heaaq darters,
Thayer. Mo.
The Pennsylvania Company have just pub
lished romance. in pamphlet form, entitled
Their Destiny 1t contains interesting read
ing matter. and answers, al we'll. for an adver-
tisement of their vestibule trains.
Charles Meyers, the C.. l., St. L. & G. con-
ductor who died from the injuries he received on
Monday, was buried yesterday at Delhi He
was highly esteemed by the officers of the road
and his associates in railroad service.
Chairman j. n. Abbott, of the Western Pas
senger Agents Association, has called meet
ing for to-day in Chicago of the managers of the
roads interested in the shortening of the running
time between Eastern points and the Pacific
coast.
The iron material which is to be used in the
construction of the Illinois street tunnel is all
on the ground. and the work is moving along
briskly. The engineer is of the opinion that in
early December the tunnel will be opened to
travel.
The L, B & ". road earned, in October, $685.
142; increase over earnings responding month,
1856 81. 1856. or 3 per cent. the last week in
October the earned $685. 06S increase of
$1,S48. or IL per cent. over earnings correspond
ing week, 1886.
Considerable merriment created in pas
senGer circles yesterday the district pas
senger agent of the Chicago & Alton charging
the Vaudalia with cutting rates several Cali
fornia passengers. It WAS what would be called
"a pot calling kettle black"
The L., E. & ST. l. tAir-linel have taken the
first step looking to the bringing about Of better
feeling between the citizens of New Albany aud
the company. The latter has just purchased a
large piece of ground in that city. which
they will erect a commodous brick depot.
The officials of the Indianapolis Rolline-mil
Company were yesterday engaged III signing the
first mortgage bonds. amounting TO $50 000
which IL is proposed to place on the property
President Jones thinks they will be readily
taken. the property has no other membranes.
6. W. Bonus travelling freight agent of the
Queen & Crescent route, is in the city for day
o taking soundDgs for business. He re
ports that the line is doing excellent business
through it's Indianapolis connections, receiving
from them a good tonnage Of south bound
freights.
Inou;sitive freight officials have discovered
that the Michigan Central, by taking the ship
10 ents of ''Souire's hogs st Joliet and avoiding
Chicago. sending them over the Joliet cutoff,
save from $l2 to SIS car in yardace charges.
This Boston packer evidently knows the tricks of
the trade.
The chief en- gineer of one of the most impor-
tant roads in this State estimates that the roads
of Indiana have within the last twelve months
expended 81 .000. 600 In building nav structures
over the streams they cross or in repairs to